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  • Nº5 # Date: 2013-09-05 - 09:40
  • # Max Depth: 6m Duration: 48mins
Diver's Notes

This dive was just outside the bat cave at Buccament Bay. Spotted the following:
Cow fish
Chain Moray
Golden Spotted Eels
Blackbar Soldierfish

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  • Dive type : Recreational, Photo
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
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  • Weights: 7 kg
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  • Dive with Alex Veira
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Species Identified

Acanthostracion quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cowfish) Found in shallow water down to about 80 m, mainly in seagrass beds . Feeds on sessile invertebrates such as tunicates, gorgonians and anemones, as well as on slow-moving crustaceans, sponges , hermit crabs and marine plants . Oviparous . Considered an excellent food fish; marketed fresh .
Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795) (Chained moray) A benthic and solitary species found commonly on reefs and rocky shore areas. Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans . At Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, offNE Brazil, forages for sally lightfoot crabs on exposed reefs...
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